The Whistler at the Plough: Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery & Agricultural Customs in Most Parts of England: with Letters from Ireland: Also "Free Trade and the League;" a Biographical History, Volumen1J. Ainsworth, 1852 |
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... cattle barely alive- for Indian corn , or beans , or oats , or barley of foreign growth , to feed the sheep and cattle fat , such pulse and grain being then obtainable at moderate prices , had not the law 6 INTRODUCTION .
... cattle barely alive- for Indian corn , or beans , or oats , or barley of foreign growth , to feed the sheep and cattle fat , such pulse and grain being then obtainable at moderate prices , had not the law 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... cattle , cattle not being fed for the want of provender , and the consequent difficulty and increased expense in the production of wheat ; these all formed subjects of inquiry for me , at the suggestion of Mr Cobden ; and for the ...
... cattle , cattle not being fed for the want of provender , and the consequent difficulty and increased expense in the production of wheat ; these all formed subjects of inquiry for me , at the suggestion of Mr Cobden ; and for the ...
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... cattle or shelter to the crops , but in those parts land is otherwise cared for than to put cattle on it to graze ; cattle are fed at the stall , and beef is made in half the time , with no waste of food ; manure is made , and good ...
... cattle or shelter to the crops , but in those parts land is otherwise cared for than to put cattle on it to graze ; cattle are fed at the stall , and beef is made in half the time , with no waste of food ; manure is made , and good ...
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... cattle , buying dear and selling cheap , I don't know what to be at with myself . " He skins another section of his nut , puts it in his mouth , and then replies to another question of the Parisian , by saying , “ No , sir ; I don't say ...
... cattle , buying dear and selling cheap , I don't know what to be at with myself . " He skins another section of his nut , puts it in his mouth , and then replies to another question of the Parisian , by saying , “ No , sir ; I don't say ...
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... cattle will be when I have improved your farm , and I will tell you the rent I can pay . To this the gentleman replied that the question of prices was now in a manner settled ; the co : n- law was settled , the tariff was settled , and ...
... cattle will be when I have improved your farm , and I will tell you the rent I can pay . To this the gentleman replied that the question of prices was now in a manner settled ; the co : n- law was settled , the tariff was settled , and ...
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Página 246 - Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
Página 197 - When lime, whether freshly burnt or slacked, is mixed with any moist fibrous vegetable matter, there is a strong action between the lime and the vegetable matter, and they form a kind of compost together, of which a part is usually soluble in water. By this kind of operation lime renders matter, which was before comparatively inert, nutritive...
Página 395 - Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that is humble might hope for it here...
Página 84 - John Bright is, in talent, a second Peel ; he was born in the same atmosphere. Let his career be observed — he has entered upon it.
Página 219 - The advantages of trenching over summer fallow are, in my opinion, very decided, as it is not only cheaper, but, as far as I can yet judge, much more effectual. I am so satisfied of this, not only from the experiments above noticed, but from the apparent condition of the land after it has carried the crop, that I have this autumn cultivated about a hundred acres with the spade, and the crops at present are very promising.
Página 202 - Since the period when the last statistical account was written, the state of the parish has been much improved ; farms, which were entirely pastoral, now bear luxuriant crops, the fields have been neatly inclosed with...
Página 600 - A truism," you may exclaim in Manchester ; " we know all this : tell us something new." Were this paper only to be read in Manchester, or within fifty miles of it, what has just been said, and what is about to be said, would probably be omitted.
Página 191 - ... there, and a few more, stunted and denuded of their ornamental branches, beyond, this park, with its fine valleys and finer eminences, once so magnificently wooded, now so shabbily bare, opened upon our view. The road went towards the left and again wheeled to the right. On the brow of a gentle slope stood the castle, like a huge ill-shaped barn — grey, treeless, shelterless, and in most part roofless.
Página 218 - ... could be had ; and as, in all agricultural operations, losing time is losing money, — as the rent must be paid whether the land is carrying a crop or not ; so that in taking one year to fallow the land, and another to grow the crop, two years' rent must be charged against the crop, or at least there must be a rent charged against the rotation of crops for the year the land was fallowed. As I felt satisfied that, by trenching with the spade, the land would derive all the advantage of a summer...